Patchy Mix oozing confidence before UFC debut vs. Mario Bautista: 'I will f*ck him up'
Patchy Mix is ready to prove he is UFC championship material.
Mix (20-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his octagon debut against ranked 135-pounder Mario Bautista (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) on Saturday's UFC 316 main card (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The former Bellator champion has long declared himself the No. 1 bantamweight in the world, and he will get the opportunity to prove it. He watched footage of Bautista fighting Jay Perrin in February 2022 and liked what he saw.
"Right here, where he rests, he won't be able to rest against me," Mix said on "UFC Embedded." "If that kid (Perrin) can push him up against the fence, I think I can. I'm a f*cking three-time world champion, this guy is a journeyman fighter. I will f*ck him up, bro. I'm going to f*ck him up. Look at his holes. I'll submit him, and I'll submit whoever is teaching him jiu-jitsu. I'll submit the whole f*cking crew."
Mix is ready to live up to his full potential.
"Two years ago, that was our first world title," Mix said when pointing at his Bellator belt. "We knocked the dude (Stots) out in a minute, and I'm a submission guy. So, it was my first knockout, and that's how I won my million dollars and my first world title. Since then, we've won two more belts, and now we're over here, so we're coming for this belt. We really want to win that UFC strap, bring a new dynamic to the division."
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